Sale Lifetime access for $30 $60 from 1 November · Every level, N5 to N1 Get it
New JLPT mock tests · Full exams from past papers, timed like the real exam Take one

やり繰り[やりくり] (yarikuri)

manage, make ends meet, get by

  • Extra
  • Pitch -1

Meaning

やり繰り (やりくり, yarikuri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “manage, make ends meet, get by”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

彼女かのじょは家計かけいのやり繰くりが上手じょうずです

She is good at managing the household expenses.

妻つまはやりくりが上手じょうずだ。

My wife is a good manager.

やりくりするために一生懸命いっしょうけんめい働はたらいた。

We worked hard to make ends meet.

彼女かのじょは収入しゅうにゅう内ないでやりくりしようとした。

She tried to make both ends meet.

Sale

Practice JLPT membership

Every mock test, practice test and reading passage, N5 to N1, and unlimited voice lessons.

$5 a month, or $30 once for lifetime$60 from 1 November

See membership

New

JLPT mock tests

Full exams from past papers, section by section on the real exam clock, with the original listening audio. Mock test 1 is free at every level.